雨降り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雨	降
あめ Grade: 1	ふ(り) Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Etymology

雨(あめ) (ame, “rain”) + 降(ふ)り (furi, “falling”, noun form of 降(ふ)る (furu)).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あめ​ふり [àméꜜfùrì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [a̠me̞ɸɯ̟ᵝɾʲi]

Noun

雨降(あめふ)り • (amefuri) 

1. rainfall; time when it's raining

   今日(きょう)は雨(あめ)降(ふ)りなので傘(かさ)を差(さ)します。

   Kyō wa amefuri na no de kasa o sashimasu.

   It's raining today so I'll put up an umbrella.

2. (figurative) appearing of many lines over the old movie which caused by the scratches on the film

Synonyms

• 雨(あめ) (ame, “rain”)
• 雨(う)天(てん) (uten, “rainy weather”)
• 降(こう)雨(う) (kōu, “rainfall”)
• 降(こう)水(すい) (kōsui, “precipitation”)

Related terms

• 雨降(あめふらし) (amefurashi, “sea hare”)